A basic model for practice of intracranial microsurgery

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254-256

  Buis, Dennis R ^a   Buis, C Rob ^a   Feller, Ricardo E ^a   Mandl, Ellen S ^a   Peerdeman, Saskia M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Microsurgery; Neurosurgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 58149480042     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.09.038     Document Type: Article

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